TechWeb's Enterprise 2.0 Conference Makes Big News Announcements and Touts San
Francisco Program
Microsoft to Highlight Sharepoint 2010, Enterprise 2.0 Adopters Showcase
Real-World Results
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Enterprise 2.0 Conference, produced
by TechWeb, today released the list of new product or service announcements
that will be made at next week's event, including announcements from Adobe,
Linden Labs-Second Life, and further discussion around Microsoft Sharepoint
and Google Wave. In addition, the event features a program highlighting
customer case studies from Eli Lilly, Kaiser, MetLife, Nike and Wells Fargo-
leading companies that will demonstrate tangible business results of
Enterprise 2.0 adoption. This first-time event in San Francisco will take
place at the Moscone North Convention Center, November 2-5, 2009. For more
information visit: http://www.e2conf.com/sf.
"We are extremely pleased with the continued pace of innovation in the E2
market," said Steve Wylie, General Manager, Enterprise 2.0 Conference. "We
look forward to the news that will be unveiled next week at the Enterprise 2.0
Conference. Our attendees will have the opportunity to engage first-hand with
these new Web 2.0 and social business tools and learn how to use them in
business to achieve demonstrable and measurable results."
The Enterprise 2.0 Conference offers an ideal platform for those leading the
transition to Enterprise 2.0 to showcase their new products and services. The
exhibitors that will make their announcements at the event currently includes:
Adobe will showcase new enterprise solutions that enable consistent,
high-quality experiences and engagements across channels, driving customer
acquisition and retention. Adobe will unveil advancements in its
collaboration solutions and demonstrate its user-centric approach that places
the customer at the center of business-critical processes, transforming the
way customers and enterprises do business. (Booth#722)
BroadVision showcases Clearvale, a next-generation social networking
environment enabling companies to quickly implement Enterprise 2.0
capabilities through secure, enterprise-class business networks for employees,
customers and partners, without need for IT. Clearvale increases productivity
and lowers costs through improved collaboration, communication and innovation,
transforming business processes while enhancing brand experience. (Booth#625)
LeapFILE introduces its Virtual File System, which aggregates and encrypts
corporate file sources into the system - providing unified user access and
total IT control inside or outside the firewall. Users access, share and
manage files in VFS like any other file. IT controls every file access for
security compliance. (Booth#920)
Mark Kingdon, CEO of Linden Lab® will discuss the future of virtual work and
announce the beta release of a standalone, behind-the-firewall version of
Second Life® that organizations can use for collaborative meetings and
conferences, training, simulations, and prototyping. The mixed-reality session
will also be streamed live on the web. (Booth#916)
LiquidPlanner will announce the launch of its Mobile Dashboard for the iPhone
at Enterprise 2.0. The free app takes social project management mobile - it's
fully integrated with the company's pioneering online project management
service and provides teams with the ability to access workspace chatter,
update tasks, and track time on-the-go. (Booth#9)
nGenera will announce its new Collaboration Server - software that sits at the
center of the collaborative and social business activities occurring in and
around the enterprise. From Twitter to YouTube, and SharePoint to Wave,
nGenera software helps companies take control of collaboration and use it to
drive real business outcomes. (Booth#29)
PBworks will be adding real-time and voice collaboration to its hosted suite,
making PBworks useful for synchronous and asynchronous collaboration. This
update will enable remote teams to work together on written content, live
meeting notes, conference calls and other interactive uses which previously
required a face-to-face meeting or teleconference. (Booth#22)
Twiki, Inc. (http://twiki.net) will announce their new Enterprise Agility
platform based on Enterprise Collaboration Patterns, which advances the state
of the art in Enterprise 2.0 beyond the world of Blogs, Wikis, Forums and
enterprise social networking. Now you can automate collaborative work flows in
the enterprise with Twiki Agile Applications. (Booth#19)
Universal Mind, leading developer of custom enterprise 2.0 applications for
the Web, desktop, kiosks, and mobile devices, debuts the opening of its new
San Francisco office at E2 SF. We fuse user experience design, advanced
technology, and industry insight to enable deeper engagement with your
customers, partners, and internal teams. (Booth#827)
Yammer, the leader in enterprise microblogging, will announce further
Microsoft integration, including Outlook 2003 and SharePoint. Through a
multi-threaded stream of crisp, frequent updates posted by employees, Yammer
is revolutionizing the way companies communicate, collaborate, and share
content. Yammer already integrates with Outlook 2007 and Windows Mobile.
(Booth#922)
In addition to exhibitor announcements at the event, the Enterprise 2.0
Conference program features visionary keynotes, in-depth workshops and
practitioner case studies, an Expo Pavilion featuring the latest industry
technologies, a Launch Pad competition and Enterprise2Open, the "unconference"
portion of the event open to anyone interested in attending.
As part of the keynote series, Microsoft will conduct a mock-customer
interview providing insight and information on the recently announced
Sharepoint 2010. Google will discuss the integration of Google Wave into
business. Jeff Dachis, a recent addition to the keynote lineup, co-founded
Razorfish and successfully grew the company's revenue to over $250 million and
expanded to nine countries before ultimately being sold as part of a
multi-billion deal to Microsoft. He will bring a new perspective on social
enterprise and business design as he presents his strategies and use of
Enterprise 2.0 technologies now as Founder and CEO of Dachis Group.
Sponsors of the Enterprise 2.0 Conference San Francisco include: Diamond
Sponsors IBM, Microsoft; Gold Sponsors Adobe, Jive, nGenera, Novell,
Alcatel-Lucent; Silver Sponsors Alcatel-Lucent, Atlassian, BoardVantage,
LiquidPlanner, Socialtext, spigit and yammer.
About The Enterprise 2.0 Conference
The Enterprise 2.0 Conference explores the integration of Web 2.0 technologies
in the enterprise, from both strategic and tactical perspectives. This
conference and sponsor pavilion focuses on the tools and techniques that best
leverage the technical, productive and social aspects of IT and workgroup
environments to build a cohesive collaboration strategy and empower a
connected workforce. For more information visit: www.e2conf.com.
About TechWeb
TechWeb, the global leader in business technology media, is an innovative
business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers and
marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed media
brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 13.3 million*
business technology professionals actively engage in our communities created
around our global face-to-face events Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and
VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading,
Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, market leading,
award-winning magazines such as InformationWeek, TechNet Magazine, MSDN
Magazine, Wall Street & Technology and The Financial Technology Network.
TechWeb also provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation
performance marketing, integrated media, research and analyst services.
TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider of news
distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization
of more than $2.5 billion.
*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on # of monthly connections
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